highly dependent on research advisor - Anonymous employee MIT Employee Review

3.0
Jun 20, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

MIT is known for world class people and resources, and for the most part this is true. It is a large institute with many exciting things going on.

Cons

The day to day experience of a grad student is largely dependent on the research advisor. Some good advice I received: make your graduate school selection on the following criteria in this order: 1) Advisor (personality and reputation, his/her research interests). 2) Research Project. 3) School Reputation

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